Gaston Lagaffe

Gaston Lagaffe is the main character of the humorous Cartoon of the same name, created in February 1957 by André Franquin, also creator of the Marsupilami, Modeste and Pompon and draftsman of Spirou and Fantasio. He was made famous for the Belgian magazine of cartoon the Newspaper of Spirou .

Characters

Gaston Lagaffe

Gaston Lagaffe is employee with the Journal of Spirou . He carries very worn Espadrille S, a sweater with too short green turtleneck and a Blue-jeans. Thin, the round head, the large nose and the hair always battle about it, its drawing is refined with time. Its favorite expression is “Me finally”, often associated with the “Rogntudjuuuu” of Pupil. Its arrival in the newspaper is announced mysteriously by traces of step in the margins of the pages of the newspaper. Without explanation for the reader initially. He appears for the first time in the newspaper of Spirou on February 28th 1957, in costume and bow tie, the following week as a black Jean, green pullover and espadrilles, then the week according to sitted on a chair, cigarette with the lips.

The following week an official statement of Fantasio (another character of Spirou) tries to clear up the situation with the readers: Gaston was recruited by a person of which he does not remember the name, but is persuaded that he is built for a career of hero. Not being able to be integrated in a series of the newspaper of Spirou, it becomes the first hero without employment.

One discovers this dialog worthy of what will be later the introduction of the serial the Prisoner :

- Which are you?

- Gaston.

- What you made here?

- I wait.

- You await what?

- I do not know… I await…

- Which sent to you?

- One said to me to come….

- Which?

- Know…

more - to come to do what?

- to work…

- To work how?

- Do not know… Me was engaged…

- But you are of course that it is here that you must come?

- Beuh…

Gaston first manner

Gaston is at the simply indolent, lazy beginning and on the occasion gaffor (finding the means of putting fire at the extinguishers , for example). Its blunders will give him, well after its appearance, a family name and a recurring function in the newspaper: to prevent from signing important contracts with Mr. De Mesmaeker (let us specify that De Mesmaeker is the name in the civilian of the draftsman Jidéhem, whose father was used as model to the famous business man unlucky person), to flood the buildings, etc

It then passes most of its time to try to avoid working (while hiding in a cupboard, or more simply while sleeping on its desk…).

Despite everything these very serious problems sometimes, Gaston is never made return.

Gaston second manner

See also: List of the inventions of Gaston Lagaffe

With the passing of years, of indolent that it was, Gaston becomes astute and invents various objects and processes intended to facilitate work to him. Its system of grading of the mail, containing microphone-perforations, will leave pantois Prunelle and Fantasio until they discover the origin of the small holes: Gaston classified in bellevue by hanging the mail on his giant cactus.

Universe of Gaston

Gaston regularly tested himself with the practice of the music, singing sometimes, using conventional instruments (guitar, trombone, tuba, battery) but especially of the instruments of which he is the creator, emblématique being the Gaffophone, related with the African toothing-stone, but of bigger size, provided with a house, and equipped with a sonority to the effects devastators and unexpected. In a series of recurring gags, one sees the gaffophone thus causing the destruction of various buildings (of which the sixth stage of the drafting), equipment and vehicles (moving van, fighter plan…) but also to start the panic or the massive exodus of various animals. In the food field, Gaston posts on the one hand an attraction for a series of popular and not very elaborate products (canneded sardines, pilchards, sausages out of box, crepes…) whose consumption or preparation is carried out of course with the detriment of its clerical work. There too, the reciprocal attempts of Gaston to arrive to his ends, at Fantasio and later Pupil for preventing some, will give place to multiple variations.

In addition, it practices in all bona fide an experimental kitchen and which would be liked gastronomical (cod with the strawberries, cod with pineapple) but which only manages to cause the dislike and to involve various pathological states in its entourage, except (in addition to itself) for some friends and workmen of passage.

Equipped with an almost scientific spirit, Gaston devotes himself to “amusing chemistry”, using kits intended for the children. Obviously, it practices this activity in the building of the drafting of Spirou, with the greatest despair of Fantasio, then of Pupil. Gaffor of nature, Gaston, not reading well-sure step the directions for use, will succeed in several times exploding part of the building with his many experiments.

Gaston was surrounded little by little of various animals: a turbulent cat (" the cat dingue" , inspired of the proper cat of Franquin), a Black-headed gull attacking the people in the vicinity at the time of its days of anger, a red Poisson (Bubulle) and some Souris (of which one is called Cheese) which seems to reside in a permanent way at the office. Others appear in a specific way: a cow gained with a lottery, a hedgehog " kissifrott'"), a lion cub, an elephant painted pink, marine tortoises, a turkey and even a lobster (these two last initially intended to be cooked escaping this fate by the intervention from Gaston).

Like his inventor, Gaston is a defender of the animal cause, which is discovered in several boards. One can quote, inter alia, his intervention with a lid of dustbin and a t-piece of draftsman to prevent Prunelle from taking a sorter where the souriceaux ones have just been born, but also the board where; instead of its clerical work, it looks after many animals, and gives the feeding-bottle to kittens while saying to Fantasio " Yes, given up, a whole brood: there are people who would be needed F… in prison".

Gaston has a family, in particular his aunt Hortense whom one never sees but with which it renders service. She is owner of a garden and contrary to has musical tastes those of Prunelle… He also has a conducting uncle of bus and a nephew (what lets suppose that he has a brother or a sister).

Colleagues of office

Fantasio (that of Spirou and Fantasio) is one of the pillars of the drafting. One generally sees it when it tries to sign the contracts with Mr. De Mesmaeker - without reaching that point, because of the interventions of Gaston… Astonishing inversion: symbol itself in the adventures of Spirou of imagination and the invention vis-a-vis the serious one of Spirou, it adopts the opposite attitude vis-a-vis Gaston who becomes in Fantasio what Fantasio was in Spirou ! At the time of the resumption of the series Spirou and Fantasio by Jean-Claude Fournier (~1970), Fantasio disappears from the series Gaston Lagaffe , Franquin did not want both Fantasio different in two series different and taken of load by two different draftsmen.
Leon Prunelle is the successor of Fantasio at the post of head of Gaston. Colérique, large consuming adrenalin, smoking the pipe, it was sworn to be “the man who made work Gaston” and for this reason it pursues it continuously to prevent it from making any nap or any pause and to recall him that it must deal with the late mail. It also tries to prevent cooking, arranging, from inventing and, obviously, of gaffer. To note that Prunelle is the first character of cartoon to be sworn openly, using in particular of the rognnntudju , which is actually a deformation of an authentic swearword: “Name of God! ”.
Yves Lebrac is one of the draftsmen of the newspaper. It is much more relaxed than Prunelle and tends to lose its work tools: gum, pencil, Indian ink… Often Gaston or his cat is there for something. It makes the court (perpetual) with the secretary who is in his office. He one is also accustomed of the word games cocasses which very often displease in Prunelle.
Bertje Van Schrijfboek is the translator of the newspaper (its name derives from Flemish schrijven , to write, and boek , delivers). He very often laughs of the lucky finds of Gaston.
Spirou (also that of Spirou and Fantasio) appears in some gags, to give the counterpart to Fantasio.
Joseph Counting frame , countable acariâtre of the Dupuis editions, does not have of cease to track the useless expenditure of the drafting and particularly the expensive blunders of Gaston.
Molar Melanie and Jules Soutier , respectively cleaning lady and caretaker of the editions Dupuis, they are generally furious against the blunders of Gaston who ransacks the material when it is not the boiler or the elevator.
Charles Dupuis, director of the Editions Dupuis. One speaks about him, one foresees his person sometimes, but one will never see his face in the data base
Yvan Delporte, editor association with the famous beard, is often shown , but never named .
Jef Van Schrijfboek, brother of Bertje, appears in some gags of Gaston.
Raoul Cauvin, scenario writer of the blue Tunics, appears in some gags of Gaston.

Secretaries

Miss Jeanne (" Me Jeanne" hen bird; for Gaston) is a colleague of Gaston, however, it occupies a very particular place. Indeed, it is in love with Gaston, who is also in love with it. Jeanne dedicates an admiration without terminal with Gaston. She admires her talent, her courage, her capacity to dare the most insane things, etc Gaston, as for him, goes until borrowing the large scales of the firemen thanks to one of her friends to visit him whereas this one had words with his/her mother. Sometimes however, it sometimes happens to him to disappoint it: whereas she believes that he engraves a heart with their initial on the bark of a tree trunk, Gaston is in fact drawing a face…

Initially presented under the features of a timid person to the very traditional style, it evolves gradually to a character much more “in the page”.

Miss Yvonne, châtain

Miss Sonia, brown

Miss Suzanne, blonde

Buddies

Jules-of-at-Smith-in-face is a good friend of Gaston. He “works” in the office just opposite that of Gaston, on the other side of the street. Also try they to communicate thanks to a string connected to yoghourt pots tended between their windows, or they are sent radio-controlled planes, or then they try to tighten a cord above the street in full winter so that it is formed there Stalactite S of ice… It is a gaffor like Gaston.

Bertrand Labévue is another friend of Gaston. As its name indicates it, he is also a large gaffor. Gaston often tries to help it when this one spends the difficult moments to the office, for example while trying to provide him can-openers when Prunelle is put in war against the boxes of fruits at syrup and the can-openers essential. Depressive, Bertrand is also very greedy, but the culinary “exploits” of Gaston do nothing but reinforce his depression…

Manu , as for him, exerts very diverse trades: sometimes he is chimney sweeper, sometimes sewerman or person in charge of the installation of the descriptive panels in the street. It is always ready to help Gaston to annoy Longtarin.

Longtarin

Joseph Longtarin is a graded police officer (he is lance sergeant) working in the district of the drafting of Spirou. It is one of the preferred “victims” of Gaston and his friends: they damage its dear parking meters, replace them by candy distributers, add a system of remote control to it not to more have to go down “to nourish the dreadful eat-parts”, or quite to the contrary equip them with rockets of distress allowing to locate the infringments easily. N the other hand, Longtarin is baited on Gaston: it examines its new vehicles under all the seams to check if they are well to the standards, particularly monitors the parking meters around whose Gaston parks itself and puts his energy to draw up the greatest possible number of infringments to him. However it does not miss a heart: when Gaston and his friends manage to make push a tree around a parking meter, tree on whom birds make their nest, Longtarin decides (under the pressure of Gaston and its friends) that the people wanting to park itself will have to pay while nourishing oisillons them.

Mr. De Mesmaeker

Aime De Mesmaeker , says Mr. De Mesmaeker, is a rich person business man: he has a private aircraft (destroyed by Gaston) and has at least two girls, whose elder one rolls only in Alfa Romeo. It is always seen whereas it tries to sign “the contracts” with Fantasio then Prunelle, and, of rare times, Boulier or Mr. Dupuis.

Gaston each time makes miss the signature by these contracts (whose Franquin itself stated not to know the contents): it makes use to make a demonstration of its machine recycle paper, starts the fire protection systems of it on the cigar of Mr. De Mesmaeker, etc That attracts the lightnings of his/her colleagues to him and causes a recurring fury of Mr. De Mesmaeker. This last proposes to him however in a band to sign a contract for the sale of its Soupe with vegetables, and in another for its Apollo clock (the Cosmo-cuckoo, the clock advances some over its time).

It should be noted that the name of Mr. De Mesmaeker is drawn from that of the draftsman Jidéhem (" JDM" = Jean De Maesmaker), friend of Franquin and joint author of the series at the time of the first years of the series.

Misters Ducran & Lapoigne

Ducran & Lapoigne is associated with a company of Public works specialized in the construction of bridges. For their greater misfortune, their offices are joint Dupuis editions. They frequently undergo the repercussions of the blunders gastoniennes.

Albums

The albums of Gaston Lagaffe are very particular. Indeed, 15 principal albums were published between 1963 and 1996, and in 1997 took place a complete republication, in 19 albums, of all the gags published in the Newspaper of Spirou, classified by chronological order. In 2006, albums EO are republished by the Dupuis editions and marsu prod.

The legend of number 5

The first edition of the albums from 1 to 5 were in small sizes. It is starting from number 6 that a4 format was adopted. A4 albums taking again the gags of albums 1 to 5 appeared then, with numbers starting with R like “retrospective” or “republication”, so that the R1 number is appeared after number 2 and the number 0 twenty years later. As the material present in the 5 albums small size was insufficient, it was necessary to supplement by gags in text to publish 4 albums, and there did not exist R5 collection, leaving a hole in the collection. It was the base many speculations and many gags. Even when an album was devoted to the genesis of the character (taking again texts and drawings only published in the Newspaper of Spirou ), it was numbered 0 and not 5 or R5. However, in 1986, the editions Dupuis published an album of gags up to that point ever put in album of Gaston, thus letting a legend of an untraceable R5 album crumble. This legend of N°5 at same summer the source of a history of Spirou and Fantasio (Unpleasant forger!) present in the album the youth of Spirou or one sees a trafficker trying to sell with the collectors a wrong number 5 of Gaston (the name of the N°5 forgery of the history: Full Lagaffe the paf). At the time of the 50 years of Gaston lagaffe, the 5 albums with Italian are republished and distributed in Belgium exclusively.

The original collection

0: Gaston (1960): The first album of Gaston leaves in 1960 in edition Dupuis. It is in a very lengthened format: 8 cm over 19,5 and include/understand 49 pages. Left discreetly it names only " Gaston" and no number includes/understands. One does not know with how much specimen this book at drawn summer and as its birth had been accompanied by no publicity, of the booksellers believed that it was about a free premium and distributed it to their customers. At the time, the business services said: " this album will never be sold. Too much small, badly presented. Moreover, nobody can be interested in a Anti-héros. Mr. Franquin would make better devote himself to the adventures of Spirou. Here is a good character… ".
1: Station with the blunders (1966): The album which carries number 1 is not the left first but the fifth. It is presented, in the Newspaper of Spirou, like a republication of the first Gaston (0) " The album " Park with the gaffes" is the first of the Gaffes series of Gaston. Untraceable Dvenu, it has just been republished at the request of numerous Gastophiles". In fact, it has nothing to do with the first album published in 1960. It is in a format 15 out of 22 cm and includes/understands 60 pages, it Co-is carried out with Jidéhem.
2: Official reception of the blunders (1963): Left in 1963 with the edition Dupuis, this album carries number 2. It is in a format 15 out of 22 cm and includes/understands 60 pages, it Co-is carried out with Jidéhem.
3: Blunders with gogo (1964): The album carrying number 3 appears in 1964 with the edition Dupuis. It is in a format 15 out of 22 cm and includes/understands 60 pages, it Co-is carried out with Jidéhem.
4: wholesale Blunders (1965): The album carrying number 4 appears in 1965 with the edition Dupuis. It is in a format 15 out of 22 cm and includes/understands 61 pages, it Co-is carried out with Jidéhem.
5: Blunders of a guy inflated (1967): The album carrying number 5 appears in 1967 with the edition Dupuis. It is in a format 15 out of 22 cm and includes/understands 61 pages, it Co-is carried out with Jidéhem.
6: Of the blunders and the damage (1968): The album carrying number 6 appears in 1968 with the edition Dupuis. It is the first album of Gaston to be appeared in large size and includes/understands 59 pages. The original edition does not include/understand an ISBN, just in 4th of cover D1968/0089/83.
7: a gaffor knowing gaffer (1969): The album carrying number 7 appears in 1969 with the edition Dupuis. In large size it includes/understands 59 pages. The original edition does not include/understand an ISBN, just in 4th of cover D1969/0089/69.
8: Lagaffe spoils us (1970): The album carrying number 8 appears in 1970 with the edition Dupuis. In large size it includes/understands 59 pages. The original edition does not include/understand " Of glucose for Noémie " in the catalog Spirou and Fantasio at the end of the album.
9: the case Lagaffe (1971): The album carrying number 9 appears in 1971 with the edition Dupuis and carries ISBN 2-8001-0091-5. In large size it includes/understands 52 pages.
10: the giant of the blunder (1972): The album carrying number 10 appears in 1972 with the edition Dupuis. In large size it includes/understands 52 pages. The original edition does not include/understand an ISBN.
11: Blunders, blunders and pellets (1973): The album carrying number 11 appears in 1973 with the edition Dupuis. In large size it includes/understands 44 pages. The original edition does not include/understand an ISBN.
12: the gang of the gaffeurs (1974): The album carrying number 12 appears in 1974 with the edition Dupuis and carries ISBN 2-8001-0400-7. In large size it includes/understands 44 pages.
13: Lagaffe deserves slaps (1979): The album carrying number 13 appears in 1979 with the edition Dupuis and carries ISBN 2-8001-0658-1. In large size it includes/understands 46 pages. In the original edition, Prunelle makes an appearance at the end of the album to announce that " In large size, there is not, it will be never album Gaston N°5". 1800 specimens HC numbered but not signed at summer reserved to the journalists and certain booksellers.
14: the saga of the blunders (1982): The album carrying the number 14 appears in 1982 with the edition Dupuis and carries ISBN 2-8001-0955-6. In large size it includes/understands 44 pages. The original edition does not have a code bar with the 4th dish; marked 4th quarter. An edition pulling of head of this album also left drawn to 6000 specimens.
15: Blunder in Lagaffe! (1996): The album carrying number 15 appears in 1996 with the edition Marsu Productions and carries ISBN 2-908462-73-7. In large size it includes/understands 45 pages. The original edition with for ISBN on the title page: 2-908-4627-10. A de luxe edition of this album with also be drawn to 800 specimens and 30 " except série" numbered with a serigraphy signed color.

Republications

In 1970, the first numbers of Gaston in small size are untraceable. The Dupuis editions decide to republish them in large size.

0: Blunders and gadgets (1985): This album takes again the contents of first album 0 of the original series + of the news. It appears in 1985 with the edition Dupuis and carries ISBN 2-8001-1248-4. In large size it includes/understands 46 pages, it Co-is carried out with Jidéhem and Yvan Delporte.
R1: Official reception of blunders with gogo (1970): This album takes again the contents of numbers 2 and 3 of Gaston. It appears in 1970 with the edition Dupuis and carries ISBN 2-8001-0093-1. In large size it includes/understands 59 pages, it Co-is carried out with Jidéhem.
R2: the office of the wholesale blunders (1972): This album takes again the contents of number 4 of Gaston + of the news. It appears in 1972 with the edition Dupuis and carries ISBN 2-8001-0094-X. In large size it includes/understands 52 pages, it Co-is carried out with Jidéhem.
R3: Station with the blunders of the guy inflated (1973): This album takes again the contents of number 1 and 5 of Gaston. It appears in 1973 with the edition Dupuis and carries ISBN 2-8001-0308-6. In large size it includes/understands 52 pages, it Co-is carried out with Jidéhem.
R4: On line of the blunder (1974): This album contains gags ever published + of the " on line of… ". It appears in 1974 with the edition Dupuis and carries ISBN 2-8001-0370-1. In large size it includes/understands 44 pages, it Co-is carried out with Yvan Delporte.
R5: the heavy one passed of Lagaffe (1986): The Gaston series missed N°5 in large size for a long time. In 1986, the editions Dupuis crack and decide to supplement the Gaston collection while leaving an album numbered R5. It contains new gags, drawings published to animate the newspaper Spirou and boards of pub for soda Orange Piebœuf. In large size it includes/understands 46 pages and carries ISBN 2-8001-1473-8, it Co-is carried out with Jidéhem.
In 1984 the editions Rombaldi leave 5 volumes Gaston in normal format of 220 each one pages.
At the end of the years 1980, the editions " I read " leave in pocket format the integral Gaston in 17 volumes.
the editions France-Leisures left the double albums of Gaston. Only that doubled with the n°15 is original and with for title " With bottom the blunder! ".
In 1997, for the 40e birthday of Gaston, the editions Dupuis decide to leave the integral Gaston in the chronological order in 18 numbered albums from 1 to 17, this edition cash makes 19 albums of them the 2 last having left under Marsu Productions.
In 1998 a new edition leaves, it resembles the preceding one much. The spot of ink present on the cover disappears. The colors are remade by Jidéhem and the Leonardo studio. Only volume 19 is composed of news.
In 2005 the editions Dupuis leave the Facsimiles of the original edition which are composed of Republications 0 to 5 and of the original collection from 6 to 14. Last the Facsimiles (original N°15) outgoing with the editions Marsu Productions. These albums were drawn with 6.000 specimens.
the editions Marsu Productions left in the 2005 and 2006 integral Gaston. The first 2 volumes (57-58 and 59-60) were drawn with 2.000 specimens numbered from 1 to 2000 + 200 numbered specimens out-trade of H.C
In 2007, the Belgian newspaper , the Evening sold with its newspaper of the Facsimiles of N°1 to 5 of the original edition.

Except Series

Biography of a gaffor (1965): In 1965, the editions Dupuis tries to launch small cheap albums. This album contains gags of Gaston already published in the original collection, in black and white and tramage. The gags were redrawn to be put at the pocket format.
Volume 1 (1977): In 1977 the editions Heritage kind this album in normal format of 90 pages.
Gaston and Marsupilami (1978): Left in 1978 with the edition Dupuis, this album of 30 pages contains news of Gaston and Marsupilami.
Gaston 0 (1979): An album pirates which takes again the gags appeared in the Gaston 0 of the original edition. In format with Italian it at printed summer with 225 specimens.
Gaston draws and colors : An album left in 1979 with the edition Dupuis. It is in large size.
He was once the Belgians (1980): new board the engine with paperwork (idea Paul Ide)
1/3 Gaston First Blunders (1981): A limited pirate edition has 260 specimens + 37 HC Format 18 X 8.5 Cover color and pages in N&B.
2/3 Gaston Blunders again (1981): A limited pirate edition has 260 specimens + 37 HC Format 18 X 8.5 Cover color and pages in N&B.
3/3 Gaston at the Top (1981): A limited pirate edition has 260 specimens + 37 HC Format 18 X 8.5 cover color and pages in N&B.
Robinsons of the Rail (1981): Serial published in the newspaper of Spirou during the year 1964 in the form of an account written by Yvan Delporte, illustrated by Franquin and Jidéhem. Published first once in album with the edition of the Workshop. Republished into 1993 with the editions of the small Siren. There or a packed atomic train (by our gaffor) traverses Europe with Fantasio, Gaston and some observers on board, and where Gaston really does not know that England is an island…
a blunder drives out the other (1982): An edition pirates left in 1982, limited to 500 Specimens for the 1st edition. Cover color and interior in black and white.
Baston Labaffe N°5 : The Ballade of the slaps (1983): Album parodies left into 1983 with the editions SEDLI-Jacquy Goupil at that time the Gaston series does not include/understand N°5 in large size. Like a collection without number 5 (in large size), it is not a true collection several authors join for him to give one of them. It was drawn a de luxe edition toilée and numbered from 1 to 1000 and reserved to the members of the Club Of the Thousand Ports. A republication at Vents of West left in 1988.
Gaffes into large (1986): An album of 68 pages left to the edition Khani, it was drawn with 1000 numbered and signed specimens.
Lagaffe of A to Z (1999): In 1999 at the time of the exit of volume 19, Marsu Productions had offered as press kit this album of 24 pages to Italian containing a presentation of Gaston, alphabetical, a bibliography of Franquin and another of Gaston.
Blunders at the wheel (2003): An album of 44 pages left to the edition Dupuis in 2003, it is composed of a best-of of the best gags of Gaston at the wheel.
Gaston 1957 2007 (2007): an album commemorative left the day 50 years of the first appearance in the newspaper of Spirou. It is a best-of better gags and drawings of Gaston. He was drawn with 100.000 specimens.

Advertizing album

the case lagaffe (1972): Republication of Total album 9 for .
the giant of the blunder (1973): Republication of album 10 for Redoute.
Gaston in action (1976): Album left for Rafter left in 1976 and published by Rafter.
Illustrated it bible of Scrableur (1976): Album left to the editions De Luz in 1976. Format 17.5 X 13.5 Covers color with Gaston pages N&B with 2 or 3 illustrations of Franquin and 2 or 3 of Tibet.
Fantastica FIAT 509 di Gaston Lagaffe (1977): Album for FIAT left in 1977 and published by FIAT. In large size it contains 52 pages and a folder.
Gaston in Novotel (1980): Album for Novotel left in 1980 with the edition Gibert. In format with Italian it contains 16 pages.
Lagaffe at Deckchair (1982): Album pub for Deckchair left in 1982 with the edition Dupuis. In format with Italian it contains 4 pages.
the drawn bank (1983): Album for the Mutual credit left in 1983 and published by the Mutual credit. In normal format it contains 27 pages.
Engaged in the army of thirst by… (1983): Republication left with 2.000 specimens the album 14 for Joker and Super Poker.
Lagaffe which laughs (1985): Album for the cheese dairies Beautiful left into 1985 with the editions Dolci promotion. In normal format it contains 48 pages. It is delivered with 18 stickers and 1 poster.
Blunders in Solmer! : Offered by the Solmer to prevent industrial accidents. Some boxes drawn by Franquin, the remainder by Jacot for the drawings and by Jean-Pierre Hubrecht for the scenario. In normal format it contains 32 pages.
Gaston and the piles Philips (1987): Advertizing album for the piles Philips left into 1987 with the editions Adriaensens. In format with Italian it contains 14 pages. 4000 specimens were numbered.
Insane of the bus (1987): Album left into 1987 with the editions KIS.S. In normal format it includes/understands 42,44 or 47 pages according to the editions. It was published for several joint shipping companies (TUSQ, the RATP, STCR-autoplus, STP, TCL, CTS, TN, a novel mode of city, STGA, RTM, CGFTE, TUR). It contains new gags on Gaston and the bus. A de luxe edition of 48 pages will be born even with the editions Dupuis.
Blunders and gadgets : Republication of album 0 (in large size) for the gaufrettes TIFA.
Saga of the Blunders (1988): Republication of the album 14 for Total.
Spring Gum : Album published by Dupuis for Spring Gum.
Decalco (1988): Album for Decalco left into 1988 with the editions Anagraphis. In format 15.5 X 12 it contain 4 pages of Décalco of Gaston and his friends.
Piles up again and désopile (1989): Album left in 1989 and published by Libro Sciences. In format with Italian it was drawn with 2500 specimens. 100 first except trade with a serigraphy color and a N&B. N°101 with the n°500, edition luxates with a serigraphy color n°/s. by Franquin. N°501 with the n°2500, numbered current edition.
1/4 Problems of taps (1992): Album for Teisseire left into 1992 with the editions Dupuis. It is the first volume of a series of 4. It is in format with Italian.
2/4 Ca spoils (1992): Album for Teisseire left into 1992 with the editions Dupuis. It is the second of the series. It is in format with Italian.
3/4 prohibited Bathe (1992): Album for Teisseire left into 1992 with the editions Dupuis. It is the third tome cheese of the series.
4/4 G as Frosted (1992): Album for Teisseire left into 1992 with the editions Dupuis. It is the last tome cheese of the series. It is in normal format.
the factor is my friend (1992): Album for La Poste left into 1992 with the editions Dupuis.
1/4 Lagaffe spoils us (1996): Republication of album 8 for the films AGFA. It is the first volume of a series of 4 albums.
2/4 Blunders, blunders and pellets (1996): Republication of album 11 for the films AGFA. It is the second volume of the series.
3/4 the gang of the gaffeurs (1996): Republication of album 12 for the films AGFA. It is the third volume of the series.
4/4 the saga of the blunders (1996): Republication of the album 14 for the films AGFA. It is the fourth volume of the series.
Roll without gazer! (1997): Album against the pollution left into 1997 with the editions Lion. In A5 Format it contains 32 pages + coupon answer 16 pages in French and 16 others in Flemish.
Lagaffe Touch (2004): Album left in 2004 at the time of the expo Franquin with the Quoted sciences and industry Paris. It contains 24 pages and is published by the Cité of sciences and industry.
Trotts blunders (2006): Total album for left into 2006 with the editions Marsu Productions. In large size it contains 46 pages.

Translations

The albums of Gaston Lagaffe were translated and published in various countries, either by the Dupuis editions (Croatia, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and Serbia) or by other editors.

Gaston Lagaffe changes name in certain languages:

Germany: Gaston (without family name. In the first translations: Jo-Jo)
Brittany: Gaston Beiadeg
: Sergi Bunches
Denmark: Vakse Viggo
Spain: Tomás Elgafe
Esperanto: Gastono Lafuso
: To gum Goof (Some stories translated by Fantagraphics)
Finland: Niilo Pielinen
Greece: Gaston
Iceland: Viggo Vidutan
Italy: Gaston
Norway: Viggo
Netherlands: Guust Flater (some covers of the Sjors review)
Poland: Gaston
Portugal: Gastao Dabronca
Sweden: Gaston
Serbo-Croatian: Gasa
Turkey: Chapchal Gazi (Sapsal Gazi)
: Gaston Libiestreye

Regional languages and dialects

After having published a first “Gaston” into Breton, the editor Yoran Embanner signed a contract with Dupuis in order to translate the album n° 10 of the new collection into seven languages: the Walloon, the Alsatian one, Basque, the Breton one, Corsican, the occitan and the Savoyard one.

The album n° 10 takes again to gags of the albums a gaffor knowing gaffer , Lagaffe spoils us and On line blunder .

It was published with 4000 specimens as a Walloon, 1500 specimens in Corsican and 2000 specimens in the other languages. The Walloon version, whose translator is Yannick Bauthière, is the first data base published in Wallon unified.

The film

The cartoon was adapted in 1981 in a Film live French heading Fais blunder to the blunder! . It was carried out by Paul Boujenah and included/understood Roger Mirmont in the role of the character of Gaston.

The film was a failure. The interpretation of the caricatural characters of STRIP CARTOONS in a credible context being already difficult (although the French comedies tend to show caricatural characters without much problem), but the realization was apparently not either with the height. A particular problem came from an intervention of Franquin itself: he did not want that its characters are directly adapted and had prohibited that one employs their names. Because of this intervention, the characters changed name, which could only disappoint even more the fans: Gaston was famous “G”, Prunelle “Prunus”, Miss Jeanne “Pénélope” and of Mesmaeker “Mercantilos”.

References

the book of Bernard Demory the creativity contains an analysis in detail of Gaston first manner and second manner, by indicating the relations which often exist between the two in the life also.
a parodic album, Baston, trotts it slaps , numbered 5 (an album 5 pirate, therefore…), also left, misant on a more vulgar humor.

External bonds

Official sites:

Official site
the forum Franquin
of Franquin on the site of Spirou

Some sites of fans:

http://edbd.netatlantide.net/gaston/gaston.html
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/claude.collignon/
http://lagaffemegate.free.fr/
http://www.bdcentral.com/Gaston/
the page of Misses Jeanne at the Beautiful ones of bédés the
Site over the 50 years of Lagaffe
http://webgaston.free.fr/

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